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Group 3, Class 4, Section 5. Rotation No. 627.

JOHN LAMB,

11 MARSH TERRACE, AND HOLBORN PAPER MILLS,

NEWCASTLE, STAFFORDSHIRE,

MANUFACTURER.

REEL of POTTERY TISSUE PAPER, used for printing Earthenware by machinery from engravedCopper Rollers.

REAM of POTTERY TISSUE, for printing China and Earthenware from flat Copper Plates.

PIECE of OLD ROUND ROPE, and PIECE of OLD PLAT COALPIT ROPE : with this Materialin progressive stages of conversion.

“ POTTERY TISSUE ” was formerly made of linen rags, but it is now always made from cordages, andis not sized. Being printed on with ink of the colour required, and of such a nature as to fix firmly, it isrubbed upon the ware when the latter is in a “ biscuit ” state, with a roll of flannel. After a short period, theware is plunged into water, and the bibulous paper removed with a sponge, leaving the impression on thepieces of Pottery.

The Maker of this Paper gained the Prize Medal for the United Kingdom at the Great Exhibition inLondon in 1851, Class 17, No. 147.

J. LAMB’S

Apparatus for laying' paper direct from the Machines.

By Letters Patent, for England and France.

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J. LAMB begs to call attention also to his lately patented improvements applicable to Machines forCutting Paper, illustrated by the accompanying engraving. The object is to collect the Paper in heaps, anoperation hitherto performed by manual labour : a, represents the drum of au ordinary Paper-Cutting Machine ;b, the circular cutters ; c, the knife ; and d, the felt from which the sheets of paper have heretofore beenremoved by hand.

According to these improvements, the paper is delivered by the felt, d, on to a platform marked e, andas the paper accumulates, the platform gradually descends.

When a sufficient quantity of paper has been thus laid on the platform, the Machinery by which it islowered throws itself out of gear (previously ringing a bell), and the platform rises to its original position.The attendant then removes the piles of paper, and the operation proceeds as before.

Thus the assistants otherwise required to pile the paper are dispensed with ; thereby not only effecting aconsiderable saving in wa<*es, but also avoiding the injury and waste resulting from finger-marks.

J. L.’s improved Machinery is suitable also for collecting the paper in single sheets, direct from the PaperMachine.

In this instance the advantages are still greater ; for when each sheet is deposited singly on the piles, theplatform is nearly an hour in receiving its complement of a paper of moderate thickness.

Another advantage in this self-acting Machinery is, that at whatever speed the Paper or Cutting Machinesmay travel, the platform will receive the paper.

The Machine represented by the figure has been in successful operation for several months at the HolbornMills, Newcastle, Staffordshire ; where it may bo seen at work, on application.